Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-06-11

Industrial system. They nov propose to re-
uce the duties on articles that We can and |
10 nov produce, and thus bring our skilled |
rtisans into composition with foreign labor |
hat viii inevitably reduce the price Of |
domestic labor. the farmer with wool duty /
res must either kill his sheep or reduce the |
,rioa Of his WOO, and 20 with every article Of |
domestic production. But even on this |
,olicy they osnnot agree. With exclusive |
,ower over revenue bills they can agree up |
N no proposition for the reduction Of taxes,
While surplus revenue drawn from the life |
Hood Of the people accumulates in the |
treasury. But IN tho end the confederate
Randall will resist, but he will learn the
anne lesson 90 many democrats before him
nave learned. The confederate constitution
declared in 20 many words that no duties or
axes or importation from foreign nations
hall be laid to promote or foster any branch
IF industry, and that is the creed Of tho
party.
And 30 with all the interesting and lmpor-
amt questions affecting American labor and
laborers. The republican party, embracing
In it the great body OF the producers of tho
country, has uniformity. both By state and
national legislation, adopted every just
measure that has been proposed to improve
their condition, to promote employment, to
regulate the hours Of labor, to seccre good
wages and prompt pay in good money, and
stands ready to adopt every just measure to
open their way to comfort, wealth, and to
all the advanced positions in public and pri-
vate life. The confederate idea il that con-
Qress has no power to do any Of these things.
It il unconstitutional. The democratic
party has therefore opposed the homestead
law, the tariff laws, and, in many Of tho
states, especially where their strength lay,
have opposed wise laws for the protection
of iaboring men. There are some things
that the laws cannot do. They cannot regu-
This can only be done by the law of supply
and demand. American laborers do not de-
sire such legislation. They only want
The free and ready means of contesting with
capital for q fair division Of the
results of production. We have no room in
this country for anarchists, communists or
socialists-the worst productions Of despotic
governments. All our workingmen want is
an open field and fair chance, with the
right of organization, CO cooperation, and the
friendly sympathy of all Glasses and con-
ditions of men. The confederate idea had
it's example in slavery. and now hae its
natural fruits in millions Of laborers de-
prived Of their constitutional rights by con-
trolling physical force and violence. No
such servitude of labor can exist in q repub-
lican community.
And 80 with the education OF the masses
of the people. Wherever the republicans are
in power free schools, as matter Of course,
are open to all children, free Of cost, and the
same opportunities for education are open
TO the children of the poor and rich alike,
without money and without price. When
The startling evidences of illiteracy in the
south we're disclosed by the census OF 1880, q
measure was twice introduced and
passed by q republican senate to
appropriate large sums OF money from
national treasury to be distributed accord
ING to the number of illiterate persons in
the several states. When thefe measures
were sent to democratic house they were
promptly smothered. According to the
confederate idea they were unconstitutional.
They found no power in the constitution Tor
the education of children. Perhaps CLEAN
of intelligence informed them that democ-
racy and ignorance 60 hand in hand togeth-
er. and this was q conspiracy against tho
democratic party of the future. At all
events, these bills sleep the sleep that knows
no waking in democratic COMMITTEES.
So also with Internal improvements. Our
eountry is bounded by great oceans open to
all the world, but with imperfect haroors.
and is cut by vast rivers, the highways for
the cheapest possible transpo tation, with
bars and falls and snags that prevented or
of the republican party, during,
the power, to appropriate money from the
national treasury to remove these obstacles
to open these highways to the free and I'M
taxed use of the people. The democratic
party has also been opposed, more or less, to
this policy, but great works we're in progr 1sa
and by the common consent OF both parties,
congress, at its last session passed q bill! IN
the usual form to provide for the most I'M
portant works. It was sent In ample time
to the president for his approval, but he had
been go busy in reading and vetoing PEN
sion bills to union soldiers that he had no
time to read the river and harbor bill. SO
this great measure Of internal improvement
was defeated, and Dumberless unfinished
works are delayed and others destroyed by
the pocket veto of a democratic president. !
tell you common saying that the president
there was small u preparation IN the Dill
for the Hennepin canal.
And 90 with the great public policy OF
STRENGTHENING cur commercial relations With
the American republics and the Dominion
of Canada. A growing feeling exists IN the
republican party that liberal measures
should be dopted to increase our trade, To
establish lines of steamships, to improve
postal facilities, to make commercial treat
WAs~
these countries. But this has INST with nc
favor with the democratic party.
Only one affirmative measure was proposed
by it, and thai was to reduce the surplus in
the treasury. It was said that the republican
party was boarding vast sums of idle money
TO make times hard; that they would scatter
IL among the people. The republican part!
had adopted the policy Of receiving gold and
silver coin into the treasury, and for the
convenience Of the people to issue certin.
Gates for it which circulated a. money. Il
had also adopted the policy of maintaining
| ia the treasury from 100 to 40 millions Of
coin to secure prompt redemption OF United
States notes. All other money received u
the treasury was, under republican policy
applied to the payment Of the public debt
This policy was pursued with such success
Chat the bonded debt was reduced from ~,
T56. 41, ST. 43 to 81, 375 352. 443 81 and the IN
tereet Of the debt from 151 millions to a
millions. Our democratic friends, IN tn
CANVASS Of 1884, promised 70 pay out all thu
idIe money. They said it was kept to make
money scarce; il should be divided among
the people. What was the result? A demo
cratic secretary kept piiing up more idll
money: TO give him an excuse for doing q
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